TY - BOOK AU - Partlow,Joshua TI - A kingdom of their own : : the family Karzai and the Afghan disaster / SN - 9780307962645 AV - DS371.412. P378 2016 PY - 2016///. CY - New York : PB - Alfred A. Knopf, KW - Karzai, Hamid, KW - Afghan War, 2001- KW - Afghanistan KW - Foreign relations KW - United States KW - United States KW - Afghanistan N1 - "The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the U.S.--brilliantly portrayed here in its entirety for the first time by the former Washington Post Kabul bureau chief"-- Provided by publisher.; Contents: A rescue from demons -- Any path will lead you there -- So much in love -- Jump-starting a country -- Because we see more, we do more -- Government in a box -- An ordinary Afghan -- Smashing the china shop -- Close cousins -- Who's running this place? -- Where everyone gets accused -- Couldn't be more helpful -- A movie story -- Making the country great again -- The five fingers -- I hate politics -- Everybody in a corner -- Not religion but history -- The primary purpose of its existence -- Evil in heaven -- The zero option ER -